Te-Ika-a-Māui / The Fish of Māui (Māori-English edition) by Peter Gossage; Nā Merimeri Penfold i whakamāori
21.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
Peter Gossage's famous Maori myth about discovering Aotearoa's North Island is now a bilingual Maori-English edition, featuring Merimeri Penfold's translation.Kahore nga tuakana o Maui i hiahia kia haere ia i to ratou taha ki te hi, he hae no ratou. Heoi ano, ka mau i a Maui atamai te ika whakamiharo ka ...Show more
Tawhirimatea: A Song for Matariki (Book and CD) by June Pitman-Hayes
22.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
Tawhirimatea, blow winds blow, Ra, warm us up with your sunshine glow. Papatuanuku, we plant seeds in you. Ua, rain, helps new life come through . . . Sing along to this catchy Matariki song celebrating Earth, sky, seasons and whanau. It's our very own Aotearoa, from forest to seashore, dawn light to st ...Show more
How Maui Found His Mother by Peter Gossage
21.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
Peter Gossage's vibrantly illustrated retelling of the tale of Maui's search for his mother. After being cast into the sea as a baby, Maui grows up being educated by Tama, his uncle, about the Maori gods, nature and the ways of mastering magic. As he gets older he begins to wonder who is mother is and o ...Show more
First Flight: A Collection of Stories from Ngati Kahungunu Ki Wairarapa by Maxine Hemi
15.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
This is a collection of short stories for children and young adults about people and events of Ngati Kahungunu, an iwi or Maori tribe of Aotearoa New Zealand. The majority of the stories focus on key events in the life of Ngati Kahungunu chief Nukupewapewa. The other stories in the collection tell abou ...Show more
Te Huihui o Matariki (The Seven Stars of Matariki Te Reo Maori Edition) by Toni Rolleston-Cummins
18.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
An adventurous young man called Mitai lives with his seven handsome brothers in the village of Maketu. He watches his brothers become bewitched by seven beautiful women, and under their spell, the brothers no longer eat, look after themselves, work in their gardens or hunt. Realising the women are patup ...Show more
Traditional Maori Legends: Ngā Tai Kōrero by Warren Pohatu
21.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
Tai Korero means 'the currents of speech', a reference to the Maori tradition of oral storytelling. This colourful book retells in simple form Maori stories and myths that have been passed down over centuries. Among the fourteen stories from around New Zealand are old favourites like 'Maui and the Fish ...Show more
Maui Sun Catcher/Maui te Kaihao i te Ra (Bilingual) by Tim Tipene
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
In this modern retelling of the beloved myth, Māui is a schoolboy who lives with his mother and four older brothers in a city where the day is never long enough to get things done.Māui grasps the mantle:Mum, I’m gonna catch that Sun for you.That Sun who’s always on the run. With their woven flax net, t ...Show more
Tuna raua ko Hiriwa (Tuna and Hiriwa) by Ripeka Takotowai Goddard
20.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
This picture book, in te reo Maori , tells the story of how the tuna got its silver belly but forever had to live in the dark depths of the river. Tuna is in awe of a nymph, Hiriwa, that glows and dances along the river bank in the moonlight. Night after night he meets the nymph and basks in the moonlig ...Show more
Maui and the Secret of Fire (#3 Tales of Aotearoa) by Donovan Bixley; Darryn Joseph; Keri Opai
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books | Series: Tales of Aotearoa
In the third of his Maui books, Donovan Bixley re-tells the story of how Maui captured the secret of fire. The traditional tale but with Donovan’s unique twist and trademark humour. The pictures are bright and bring their own level of humour to the book.
Manawa Hine: He Wahine e Tohe Ki Te Tai / Women Who Swam Against the Tide (Four Tupuna Wahine Stories in Te Reo and in English) by Kuini Rikihana
45.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
Koia tenei, ko Manawa Hine, te hua o te ringa auaha o Kuini Rikihana, kaituhi o te Illustrated Maori Myths and Legends. He paki matatoa e whakatairanga ana i nga mahi whakahirahira a etehi wahine Maori aumangea i te ao o Hinemoana. Ara a Kahe Te Rau o te Rangi, ka kauria e ia te au kino i te po hei whak ...Show more
Te Kohu Atahu by Xoë Hall
22.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language
TeacherTalk has published our second book! Ka tūpono atu a Uenuku ki te tau o tōna ate i roto i tētahi kohu nō ao kē. Ka taea tonutia e te tangata me tōna tau rerehua te huna i tō rāua aroha ki a rāua anō? Me noho tonu rāua rānei ki ō rāua ake ao? He me whatu, whakatauira hoki e Xoë Hall.